Revolving blotter.



PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905.

' B. M. WILSON.

REVOLVING BLOTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTJ, 1904.

Patented January 10, 1905.

EZRA M. WILSON, OF ADIN, CALIFORNIA.

REVOLVING BLOTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 779,679, dated January 10, 1905.

Application filed September 7, 1904. Serial No. 223.606.

To (tZZ whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, EZRA M. VVILsoN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Adin, in the county of Modoc and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Blotters, of which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to improvements in revolving-blotter holders, the object of my invention being to provide a simple device which can be carried on a finger of the hand of a person writing and can be conveniently applied to each line of the manuscript in suc- Icession by simply rolling the holder over the The object of my invention is to provide a device of this character in which the holder shall be supported in a convenient and eifective manner and one in which the piece of blotting-paper can be quickly replaced by another piece when necessary.

My invention therefore resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts for the above ends, hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is" a perspective View showing the device in position on a hand. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the frame detached. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the metallic strip for supporting the blotting-paper detached. Figs. 5 and 6 are perspective views from opposite ends of the end pieces of the cylinder. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the blotting-paper detached.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the supporting-frame of the blotter, adapted to encircle the third finger of the hand, said frame being open opposite to the part thereof which carries the blotting-holder roller and one side thereof having an extension 2 from its free edge and curved on the under side and adapted to rest upon the little finger. Said frame has secured thereto or formed integral therewith, as may be preferred, tongues 3, which are bent down and apertured at their ends, as shown at 4:, to form bearings for the and applied by the fingers,

trunnions of the blotting-holder roller. Said roller comprises a strip of flexible metal 5, which is bent into a substantially cylindrical form, the edges 6 being bent back, as shown in Fig. A. The piece of blotting-paper 7 is then laid around said metallic strip, its ends being folded over the edges 6 of the strip and then end pieces 8 are inserted into the hollow cylinder thus formed. These end pieces are slit along one side, as shown at 9,said slits terminating in holes 10 in the closed ends of said pieces. When an end piece is inserted into the cylinder formed by the metallic strip and blottingpaper, the edges of the strip and piece of blotting-paper are passed through the slit 9 in the cylindrical face of the end piece and are securely held thereby. Both end pieces having thus been pushed in meet or almost meet at the center, and thus a firm support is given to the strip 5. The trunnions 11, carried by the end pieces, are then inserted in the apertures A of the tongues 3 and the device is ready for use.

When it is desired to replace the piece of blotting-paper by a fresh piece, all that is necessary is to remove the tongues from the trunnions, and these tongues, being made of spring metal, are readily slipped ofl" said trunnions, then remove the end pieces from the cylinder, which can be done by inserting any convenient pointed device into the holes in the ends of the end pieces and prying out said end pieces,then removing the piece of blottingpaper from the metallic strip, replacing it by a fresh piece, and assembling the parts as before.

open at the side opposite said roller, one side thereof opposite the roller having an extension from its free edge adapted to rest upon the next finger of the hand, substantially as described.

2. A revolving-blotter holder comprising a frame, a metallic strip for supporting the piece of blotting-paper, said strip having two edges bent back and the ends of the piece being bent around said edges, and end pieces cylindrical in form with closed ends and slit longitudinally in their curved surfaces, said slits receiving the bent edges of the strip and blotting-paper, and said end pieces having trunnions revolving in the frame, substantially as described,

3. A revolving-blotter holder comprising a frame, a flexible metallic strip for supporting the piece of blotting-paper, said strip having two edges bent back and the ends of said piece of blotter being bent around said edges, and

end pieces cylindrical in form with closed hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EZRA M. WILSON. lVitnesses:

GEO. R. WALKER, C. C. AUBLE. 

